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I .A.kitivin—r Dublin. MAILS. • llu i—t Gottenburgh, 3 Waterfoid. PRICE OF STQCKS THIS DA Y AT TWE.LVII O'CLOCK. Cotsols 68i ex. div. I Red. Ann. 69 I Omniurn. - 3i 1-11Gii WATER AT' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR- Mtvrning,.-42rna. after 3. j Afternoon, 57 min. after 3. MONDAY: Morning, r r mitt. after 4. I Afternoon; a min.-after 4.- THE SUN. EnLEV: QUIS DICERS WALTUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 ,N, SATURL4Y, JULY G, 1808. We have little to add to the vey ample and • . „. . gratifying details which we yesterday laid before our Aeaders 'respeaing Spain. A donbt has been pressed in a Morning Paper with regard to two par- • ticulars in these details,- viz. the passarre of General pupowr over the Sierra Morena, and the arrival of his advanced Guard at Cordova; and the landing of Pen. SPENCER at Nyarnonte, for the purpose ofinter cepting a French Corps - that was advancing from Pot . , tugal. With regard to the former, we can positively assert, that intelligence to that effea had. reached Ca diz, and that it was not doubted. With respe& to the latter, we did not say that Gen. SPENCER had aaually handed at Ayam9ote ; stated, and we • again 're peat, that before the Dispatches came away, Gene,- ial SPENCER had, In compliance with the request of the Spaniards, sailed for Ayamonte for the purpose Of intercepting the French Corps. that were advancing from Portugal. There can be very little doubt that the next Dispatches from I,ord COLLINGWOOD will Contain an account of the unconditional surrender 'of the FrenCh Fleet, for it had sUffered very consi derably by the fire from the Spanish Gun-boats and Batteries, before the French Admiral hoisted the Flag of Truce. One of the Ships, it is said, was driven on shore. The fOrce of the'Patriots in Murcia and Valencia is estimated at 80,000 men, and sub acriPtiens to the aniunt of above one million sterling were raised in two days.' The _Govercors of Carthagena, Valencia, and 'Sa= tagossa, have been displaced by the Patriots, ..on ac count of their attachment to the Frenel). In Valencia the Marquis D'Acvni;EZ was killed by the people in the 'Market-place. Two' more Deputies korliSeVille arrived in the A Iph.ea, it is supposed : for the purpose Of negotiating a Peace with this Country. " • • • - IT was announced last night that Sir JOHN MOORE had arrived in the Downi. 'Sir JouN has not aanally arrived, hut he is on his passaie,. with, we believe, Ole whole of his P'orce, and may be hourly expe6ted. WE have every reason '63 believe that the Expedi tion from Cork, under' Sir ARTHUR sailed from Cork on ToesdaYai know it was Sir' ARTHUR'S intention to sail on that day, if the wind was fair. I • THE following Letter did not appear in the whole of our Impression yesterday, we therefore 'repeat it : mt Admiralty-Office, jtilT 8. " Dispatches have been received at the' Ad miralty tips mottling troril Vice Admiral LOrd OLLt N G SA; Q D dated .off' Cadiz, June 12th:— the'Bpaniards had' summoned the French Admiral ROSOLIE, and, 'on his refusal, the Spanish Bat teries 'had' opened a fire on the French in. the Carracis, on the lOth 'of June,' in the afternoon, and had continued; at intervals; Juan the following' - day. On the . 12th of June - the French 'Admiral. had offered lorms of capi tulation;which had been rejealed od the part of 'the Spanish - Commander; who . refaed to advOit of any , oonditiOn short of absolute surrender: ' " The 4ritish Fleet had not entered the Harbour; the . Spania . rcis deeriling"their owp force safficieht tor the reduction 'of ,the French. • • • " I have the honour to be; gm. " -AlutoßAvz." " To t 17.1 Right Hon. Me Lord Illayor." The style and general 'composition of all the Spa nish Manifestoes she* that the Patrlots'have'a6e heads as well as resolutatearts anion them, and we trust that they will be found to have strong bands; . if not capable of pulling down' the ferocious Tyrant, yet sufficient to oppose 'an impregnable barrier against all his attempts to enslave them.— But whit renders these documents chiefly interest ing is; the bold . determined mannet in which they express their Sense of the turpitude of f3LIONArARiA:S charaaer and condua. Considering the dread which name; ' backed by - his formidable power,' his known subtlety, and want or every feeling of hu. i n aetity, 'l4i excited in all other Continent.al States',, th e Spnish' charaaer appears' to the highest advan. tage, :and the Patriots must be convinced' that their forte is great, .and . 'their ultimate 'triurriph highly ir:obable. But the Corsican has some reason to fear 4 et •, that the cause in which be has at present embarked may riot be _so acceptable to his owntrooN as the former . enterprizes hi which he has Involved them. They have hitherto been told that they weretight ing against Potentates who were inimical to iheir own Country, and it has been epon many oc casions the policy of the Tyrant to make a distintlion , between those P.otentates and their subjeas, the latter of whom he has affeeied to pity, for having been dragged into battles for ob . , I ,lefts in which ,they had no concern, but merely to gratify the ambition or selfish interests of their Bulers. But nolV this artful distinEtion will •not avail him, or rather may be powerfuly turned against .himself, With respect to Spain, for he has put it wholly out of the pOwer'orthe legitimate Sovereign ,9f Spain to have any iofluenccovey his subjects, and 'BUONAPARTE comes forward in the-odious light of an ambitious Despot, wbo is the enemy of the rights and independence of a People who have never offended him, and who are only employed in the glorious assertion of their own liberties. We therefore hope, that though the Spanish Patriots .have declared War against Ahe FrenCh Nation, as well as its Tyrant, that they will retort that Ty- cant's own arts, and distinguish between au insatia ble Conqueror, who forces the French people into the horrid attempt to enslave a Country, merely for the purpose of having more Crowned Heads in his Upstart Family—a Country that, if it should suc ceed, as all mankind must wish, in defeating the Tyrant, will most readily lend its arm to assist France in her endeavours to rid itself of its Op- pressor. A. Letter addressed by Mr. WHITBREAD to Lord HOLLAND, has recently made its appearance insome of the public prints, and as the writer holds a re spe6lable rank in society, whatever may be his poli tical prejudices, it is entitled to our notice. We ex pressed our regret a day or_two ago that .N173.31444T 8R11AD should have lessened his reputation, and even exposed himself to the censure of his friends, by the sentiments he delivered on the last day of Parliament; bill we little conceived that, to use his pwp words, he could have appeared so "chimerical and absurd" as to write, and still worse to publish, the letter alluded to. Being upon such an intimate footing With Lord HOLLAND, it weuld seem rather extraor dinary that Mr. WHITBREAD should have thought it necessary to write a formal letter to the Noble Lord upon a subje& whiCh might full as well have been the subjea "of a private Conversation ; indeed much better, for there is nothing in the opinions of Mr. WHITBREAD 'which have the least claim to pub lic attention, except one of those opinions in which he appears More " chimerical and absurd" than we ghould have expeaed the weakest of his Party to have been. We shall first notice that opinion, and probably make short work of the rest of hi's very " chimerical and absurd"' Letter. Adverting to Spain, Mr. WHITBREAD says, that the news which has arrived from that quarter is "as cheering to the heart of trian as ever was announced to'an admirin g *ode And why ? " Because," he_says, " every pact.Ofspain,'not absolutely occupied by the. French troops, has separately, and without any poisibility of previous concert, and yet, as if by common con sent, declared itselfagainst the INJUSTICE, CRUELTY, and oppßEssiots; of the French Emperor, and iso . i7 the Prince of Asturias; under the title of .F.E•itONAND VII." We assent, with pride, to this statement of the uniform:sentiments of the heroic and patriotic Span. iards, because we were the first to commuincate the interesling and important tidings to the Public., W e ll Chen, by the acknowledgment of Mr. WHITBREAD, the Unurper, whom he styles the French Emperor', is condu&ing hiinself with injustice, cruelty,' and op pression, towards a people Who have'been at peace With hint for some years--ovho have been obliged to 'bow to all his caprices, all his commands, all hi s taEtiOns',. add all his tyrannies, and whose suve. . . reign, to whose passi ve w ill they 'paid this tribute Of disgraceful ''snhrnission;. he has artfully ensnared, and, probably, Means to destroy, as lib did' the Duke D'ENGHEIN, Such k BIJONAPARTE'SCORdat towards a People wh'o, far from aving given hid} any provocation, have been rendered anbsei - vietti to all his views on their weak and credulous Monarch; and who ate now nobly struggling against his en deavonts to' enslave thetivanci to impose uPOri a Na- tion renowned for its aetivity, its honour, its pa triOtisrp, ' and its high heroic character, a IoW-born Minion in'.the room of its legitimate race of Kings'. Now for the opinion, • to deliver which to the world , . must have been the main, if not the sole, objet of his " chimerical a4d absurd" Letter. After having ihos characterized the condom of BUONAPARTE, MT. WHITBREAD has the s Karclifinod, or pure sin - The - 4, to 4ay, that he , still adheres to the opinions he laid fjn'the 29th of February last, when he moved a's a'ResOlut ion in the HouseOf Common," that-there is nothing in the present state of th;ngs which ought topreclude His fyiAJESTY froth embracinganyjair op.. portunity Ofacceding'ta,or commencing, a Negotiati-ota with the Enemy, on'a footing of equality, for the ter- mind* of•hos ; tilities, on .terms of equality and ,ho pour." Is it ,possible that a tna.p who is capat - Je of reading and Writing could thus have committed him -9f mankind ) WnITIIREAt) self in ; the eyes seers', indeed, to have an understanding not capa ble of being enlightened by experience of the grossest kind. What, after taxing BUONAPARTE, and just- )y, w ith *1 injustice, cruelty, and oppre s sion ," which " injustice, cruelty, acid 'oppression," gentle Reader, this sanguinary Tyrant - is still carrying on against the patriotic Spaniards, whose cause_ is so interesting to all mankind, and whose progress against tyranny is " as cheering to the heart of man as ever was announced to an admiring world"; is it possible that Mr. Wkly,r,sp t kro can be of the same opinion as in February last, and think that While BpONAPARTE is in . the at of attempting to re duce a generous people to bondage, that this moment presents " a fair opporitinity," not onjy fp.: assenting to, but aaually for " com mencing, a Negotiation" with. such. a man, and even for indulging a hope for the termination of hostilities, on terms of equality and honour."--"ph, 'that mine Enemy bad Published a book _ !" Mr. WH,ITiIiELD'S greatest enemy could hardly have de sired more than that he' should have brought ridicule and contempt upon his charader by this very " chimerical and absurd" Letter. Ent this is not the whole of the " chimerical and absurd" opinions and declarations of Mr. WHITBREAD, for he says , " the whole undivided heart of Great Britain • and Ireland, nay of France itself, ; and of the world, must• be with Spain.!" And be exclairns, " Would to God, the whole undivided strength. of the world could he combined at this moment against the armies of her oppressor, in Spain." Yet with all this•simple piety, he'can see at this very moment, when he is anxious for the colledive vengeance of mankind to fall on the oppressor, afair opportunity for assenting to, or even " commencing, a igegotia tion,".. nay, of the possibility of terminating hosti lities, upon terms of equality and honour'." Mere, for the present, we may safely' leave Mr. WHIT / - BREAb and his Letter to the surprise and the pity of Our Readers, for sentiments of .a more indignant kind seem hardly applicable to one so " chimeri6l and absurd," and who is so very weak as to deliver such glaring folly to the world at large. It has been erroneously stated, that Cienernl Du- MOURIER had embarked for Portug4l. The General is now in London. Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY and the PRIN CESSES, with their attendants, took their usual ride in Windsor Park. The Q,,uEEN and Princess ELf.2A BETH took an•airing to Frogrnore. Thursday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au- GUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lady ELY, Count MuNmea,•Generals GARTH and FITZ ROY, Honourable Mr. Gra Ey ILLE, Colonels HOWARD and TAYLOR, took an airmg.in the Great Park, and returned at twelve. The QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETU, accompa nied by Lady ISABELLA TIIYNNTE, took an, airing to Sunninghill, through the Park, and back at twelve o'clock. Earl MORTON and Lady VVYNYARD ar4 at Wind sor on a visit to their M4JESTIES. Yesterday the Doke of CAMBRIDGE arrived in town from Windsor. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, we understand, intends to pass the ret - nainder of the present summer in exeursionary visits to the sears of several of the Nobility and• Gentry in various parts of the Kingdoth, to which he has received the most earnesr invitations. , . . Two Spabish Messengers are expe6tecl eyery.mo- Tent Iron! Frigate was ready to take them on board when the 4lphea 11 is' obvious why tine Spaniards wish to receive the submission of the French Shys rather than al iqw us tO take them, as they will hold the prisoners bostages.forthe safety of 'their own troops in Buo- NAP4RTE . 'S pQWSr. a . • Cabinet Council was held yesterday at noon, and , all tne . l'ilembers attended. The 4nco4nlrr Gun vessel is ordered to be ready to sail at a'mument's botice with Dispatches trona Plymouth, to Lord COL LINGWOOD. • ' ' • r The etredive strength of . our Lard Props op the Ist of January, IBQB, was as 'follows Cavalry: - • • 26,402 Artillery - 18,095 . ) IteAular Infantry - 175, 55 . 4 Fencintes - - 2,231 Alilitia - - - "`" Total 2 9 0 ,553 's•ror;.E PArit, the beautiful spat o f M r . P ENN, whose boipitable charatter is well• known, was - on Thursday last the scene of elegance and festiVity.— A.public breakfast was given, which was atteildrd by a numerous concourse , of the Nobility and Gen try who' reside 'in . that neighbourhood. The Prince of .WALES and the Duke of CamAEID6E • Were of the. party, and the. whole was a delightful entertainment. The PRINCE proceeded to Windsor, where •he dined with • the QUEEN and.PRINCESSS, and'in the' evening' walked with their MAJESTIES op the Terrace, amidst a 'considerable number of loyal spe&ators, who had theHhappiness of seeing their excellent - .Sovereign in the roost Perfeet .state of health. :• =, • On Sunday ten artillery-waggons, escorted by a party of Light Horse, loaded with-Caski of Dollirs, 4irrived at Tortsmonill from 'London. On Monday three broad-wheeled waggons' arrived alere tioni tondon,. loaded With Dollars, in' the whole raining 146 casks,' with • • 6000 Dollars. In each. They were deposited _at the Pay-01fice .in' the Dock-yard:'- On 'Tuesday morning they 'lore taken outi. and put . on boird'the Alcmene Frigate, she having cbme.`ftorn Plinouth for - the express purpose of conveying them abroad. She sailed with them yesterday Morning for Spain. NATAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Sailed the 11/cmene - gate, with Dispatches for Spain. The Transports with the Spanish Prisoners sa l remain at Spithead. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, JUNE 30.—Came 3n th° American Brig Sally Tracey, trona Ne m-Yott- 1 bound to BourdeauX, with• n French 'Passenger; on board. The Amazon Frigate fell in with bd just as she was about to enter into the port of bet destination ; she was'of course detained, and wil l proceed to Plymouth. • .ektnla in also the BoLert and Jane Transport, of London, Wzisou Master, frOni Madeira, with sortie English 'Troops, and .70 French prisoners, bound t° Portsmouth. Alio landed here, by a Pilot-boat, the Captain of the Rapid Gun-brig, which was unfortunately lost on the-coast of Spain. lie came passenger in th! Hindustan, bound to Portsmouth, with important Pitt patches from Sir CffARLESCOTTON, off Lishop:-!. There are in the Tagus nine Sail of the Line, Po*: Sian, two, French ditto, and three Portuguese'Or eater, all ready for sea. SHEERNESS, Ivey 7.—On Tuesday a Court Ma& tial was held on board the Magnanitne, for the tri4 of the two Lieutenants of His Majesty's Sloop the Spiffire—one for cruelty and oppression, wbicll charges being proved, the Court adjudged him to be dismissed from His Majesty's Service : the °the for disobedience of orders and contempt, whicl charges 4eing,a)so proyed, the Court, taking into consideration his very good charader,' 'sentqnce‘ i him to be only reprimanded and dismissed PO Spitfire. 4rdent if 6 4 guns, with two CO I boats and Convoy; fgr Gottenburg . h. Arrived the Sceptre, "7 4, 4rethusa Frigatq, L' lo Melville Sloop of War from the Downs. sailed the Glonpnen, Pscic.Foan',.for the Dc,vr:s; and 'Earnest 'Gun-bri . g, Lieut. TEntinAi, far Got' tenbttrgh'. The Iphigenia Frigate and . Lever e t Sl oo p of Wat , are paid bounty and two months wages in advand . o prior to their pr ocee di ng t o s e a; the former for P. dh : ,B Mediterranean, the latter for the Baltic. Came down from Chatham the Aboukir, of 1' gia4s, 'Capt. PARKER. Ten Gun-boats are at anchor here destined f°, i Got tenbUrgh. Gannet Was undqot:ed and Drcie taken 10 / . thp Spitfire is hauled on the slips, bt;AL, 44. y B.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Ifc!r r . kguin, from Plyrnotlth, with the following Ship under convoy, viz.--the Nye, PRIIGLE, niunteer! MARTI N ; ,Sovereign, SMITH, and Naiade, from IVlogadore; Nell y , SUCHRCE, Countiy Squir es CLARK, I.oyalt2J, BAYLET, and Eurtu . ne, MALtsit fronflam'aica, which are sailed for the River. I4is Majesty's Ship *Forrester has detained and sent, into, the Down.; the American Ship Dragon, frog? Rotterdam, for Philadelphia. , . - - ,Extra' t of a Letter from on board the A'prtkOrlr , berland. East Ihdiaman, dated Miri . citira, May If 1808 :—" We have been detained here on accoti of tho Alexander paiting from two anchors 0 1) 1 cables, but expett to sail this day in company: w' r a Vessel for th e Cape pf. Q uo d elope, and one O. the Brazils." -. There are 3000 SpanWl and £OOO French trooP s still at. Hawburgh. A crim. con. attended by the most distressing Cl(' cuinstances, will shortly be before the public. Th e wife of a worthy and opulent citizen has been de' tested in an intrigue with her gardener. It was d iS' covered by the son of her husband by a former m 3l ' riage, and communicated by him to his father, wl o was so affected by the relation, that he became de' ranged, and continues in that wretched situation. Mr. YOUNG, we understand, is engaged for CO' vent-garden Theatre next season. With him, t r ' conjunction of the KEIVIELES and Coot that Tiler , tre will, of course, be particularly strung la its trig forces. INCLEDON and BLANCHARD are performing at IV Newcastle Theatre. DwYait is at present the het`' at that place. May, who has been transplanted from Ireland t ° our ~ tipnmer Theatre, is said to have strength enoug ! '• to stand a winter season. Miss SMITH has begun her career on the Dobli:). ~,stage, where she is much admired; particularly she is not confined to the melancholy muse, hut oP 'pearS to idvantage in the comic province. iVIuNDY is also at-Dublin, iind, of course, performing will' -great.ec/at. -" The report, of an intended contest,,between g running hvrse and a steam engine, is probably a mere vapour. A gentleman of grenadier growth, hiving travel' led in the mail all night, observed to his fellow 0 5 ' sengers in die m6l-fling, ." that he would just g 6 c but and stretch his legs :" when his opposite friend , all Irishman; whqhau-been greatly annoyed by tbeto during ;t4 . night, 'observed, " that there was no,oc' casion for, the Gentleman to trouble himself, for LI they were quite long enough already." Wednesday : afternoon, as Mr.TYlixtzt., master rigger; at Deptford, Was . going along the Isle of Dogs , f r o m Blackmail, on his. way bottle, i a t is supposed t ie was seized witht fit, and rolled into a ditch, where he was found, sut - Rwated in the mud. •